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10/13/2005 Kick-off “On the road to championship” Continental AG has actively promoted young engineers for years. Together with eight leading universities this commitment has now been integrated into the Global Engineering Excellence initiative. For the official start, Continental and its partner universities have created a program that illuminates this subject from various international perspectives. In addition to background information about the “Global Engineering Study” as the world’s first scientific study of its kind, a group of renowned discussion partners and a multifaceted program including the RoboCup Championship was presented to international journalists. Schedule: Day 1, October 13, 2005 | When | What | |
| 6:50 PM | Thomas Sattelberger Member of the Executive Board, Continental AG
Welcome | | 8:30 PM | Dr. Heinrich von Pierer
Former CEO and current Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Siemens AG
Keynote speech (pdf): “Future of the scientific, technological and global competition—the challenge for individuals and companies” | | 9:00 PM | Dr. Heinrich von Pierer
Prof. Dr. Johann-Dietrich Wörner
(President Technische Universität Darmstadt)
Dr. Hubertus von Grünberg
(Chairman of the Supervisory Board, Continental AG)
Dr. Andreas Zielke
(Director of McKinsey & Company, Inc.)
Alain Prost
(Engineer and former Formula One champion)
Panel discussion10:00 PM
Thomas Sattelberger
Member of the Executive Board, Continental AG
Closing remarks |
Schedule: Day 2, October 14, 2005 | When | What | |
| 9:20 AM | Alain Prost
Engineering innovations speech | | 9:35 AM | Thomas Sattelberger
Why is Continental driving the first global engineering initiative | | 9:45 AM | Prof. Dr. Johann-Dietrich Wörner
Introduction to the first global engineering study and study design | | 10:00 AM | All international partner universities
Presentation of partner universities and signature of cooperation agreement | | 11:30 AM | Prof. Gong Ke
Tsinghua University, China
Keynote speech (pdf): "Development and Challenges of Engineering Education in China" | | 11:55 AM | Open discussion | | 12:30 PM | Prof. von Stryk
RoboCup Championship (football match between university robot teams) | | 2:45 PM | Dr. Karl-Thomas Neumann
Member of the Executive Board, Continental AG
Welcome and lecture (pdf): Continental, a leading international automotive supplier | | 3:15 PM | James Remfrey
Head of Technology Placement and Benchmarking, Automotive Systems division
Presentation (pdf): The fascination of innovation—from the idea to the road | | 3:40 PM | Thomas Sattelberger
Dr. Karl-Thomas Neumann
Dr. Heimo Prokop
(Director Corporate Communications, Continental AG)
Hannes Boekhoff
(Head of Press, Continental AG)
Opportunity for discussion | | 5:15 PM | Dr. Karl-Thomas Neumann
Member of the Executive Board, Continental AG
Closing remarks |
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